#BB9873#BB9873

#BB9873 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.066 H 68.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB9873
RGB	rgb(187, 152, 115)
HSL	hsl(31, 35%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(31, 39%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.7%, 38.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.17, 7.89, 24.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.17, 25.65, 72.08°)
OKLab	oklab(70.27% 0.0246 0.061)
OKLCH	oklch(70.27% 0.066 68)
XYZ	xyz(34.8172, 34.2608, 20.9954)
Luminance	0.3426 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB9873 #7396BB

analogous

#BB7473 #BB9873 #BABB73

triadic

#BB9873 #73BB98 #9873BB

tetradic

#BB9873 #73BB74 #7396BB #BB73BA

square

#BB9873 #73BB74 #7396BB #BB73BA

split-complementary

#BB9873 #73BABB #7473BB

monochromatic

#795B3B #A27A4F #BB9873 #CFB69C #E3D5C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#BB9873 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.85

#BB9873 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BB9873

7.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB9873	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB9873	1.00	2.67	7.85	7.85
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49970

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACA174

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7908E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb9873;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 152, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.066 68.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b69b',
    500: '#bb9873',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb9873;
$custom-light: #d1b69b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb9873",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.833,
    "s": 34.615,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7027,
    "c": 0.06577,
    "h": 68
  },
  "luminance": 0.34259
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB9873

secondary

#B7C5D3

accent

#92CB5D

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F9F6F2

border

#D2D0CC

text

#14110E

muted

#82807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB9873

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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